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The research presented in this paper deals with issues related to the implementation of management and organizational innovations and their impact on the company’s competitiveness. The target group of the study are enterprises from the micro- small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector based in the Malopolska Voivodship, which in the years 2011-2014 were beneficiaries of the project “Transforming enterprises into intelligent organizations - advisory support for companies Malopolska Voivodship” implemented by The Rabka Region Development Foundation under the Operational Program Human Capital (POKL), Measure 8.1 - Development of employees and enterprises in the region, Sub-measure 8.1.1 - Supporting the development of professional qualifications and consulting for enterprises. The injection of knowledge from Mechanical engineering specialist and other specific areas of activity has a great impact in the development and modernization of the enterprises by introducing process, product, organizational or marketing innovations.

The objective of this study was to assess the potential of implementing GLOBAL. G.A.P. in bean-producing farms in the region of Talas in northern Kyrgyzstan. The assessment concerned the analysis of non-conformities with the GLOBAL G.A.P. standard in farms that had implemented the standard but had not been certified. The detailed objective was to identify critical areas in implementing said standard. To achieve the objective established, research was conducted in 2018. The research covered 112 farms that produce beans (local variety called ‘Łopatka’). Internal audits were carried out in the examined farms, in accordance with the checklist of the GLOBAL G.A.P. standard version 5.1. The results of the conducted research indicate that at the current level of agricultural development and awareness of farmers from Kyrgyzstan, implementation of the GLOBAL G.A.P. standard is going to be very difficult. Problems apply both to infrastructure and to producers’ mentality. Problems with infrastructure concern primarily the places to store plant protection products as well as mineral and organic fertilizers. Moreover, the identified non-conformities concerned adequate infrastructure serving for segregation and management of waste (both production waste and municipal waste). With respect to hygiene, problems concern both lack of sanitary infrastructure, as well as producers’ mentality associated with the need for maintaining hygiene. In most cases, the issue of the possibility of improving the condition of the environment within the farm’s premises is omitted. With respect to production technology, using organic and mineral fertilizers is problematic. In no case was water, soil or products analyzed, which is obligatory in the standard being discussed. A considerable problem in the area of the study is lack of support from government entities or companies dealing with efficient implementation of the standard. Effective development of the standard also depends on educating at the level of producers, inspectorate bodies, as well as on introducing quality management courses at individual education levels to the curriculum.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the content of Ni, Pb and Zn in the water and larvae of fish of the genus Atherinidae L., caught in three bays in the area of Sevastopol. The study was conducted in 2012 in the three bays in the area of Sevastopol: Galubaya, Omega and Karantinna. The results indicate that the content of all elements studied was at a higher level than that observed in the uncontaminated basins. The average concentration of Ni, Pb and Zn in water was respectively: 1.199; 14.62 and 64.32 μg · dm-3. The content of the elements studied in the examined fish larvae Atherinidae ranged from 6.413 to 19.65 mg Ni kg -1, from 1.749 to 5.393 mg Pb kg -1 and from 97.16 to 215.24 mg Zn kg-1.